Don't talk trash to him.

Chapter 228 You will remember me soon, but this time I will be your nightmare!
As soon as the game started, Suwan and Billups made consecutive hits from the outside, which made the Celtics more passive on the defensive end and they had to expand their defensive formation.

At this time, Kevin Garnett looked at Shaquille O'Neal beside him and suddenly felt a chill on his back.

It is a well-known fact that in order to avoid facing Shaquille O'Neal at the No. 5 position, Kevin Garnett deliberately hunched his shoulders during the physical test to make himself look shorter.

There was no way, his body couldn't withstand Shaquille O'Neal.

As for Perkins...

When facing a smaller "inside bulldozer" like Zach Randolph, he showed his advantages in strength and tonnage.

But when facing Shaquille O'Neal, he was somewhat embarrassed and unable to take care of himself.

As soon as the Celtics' defensive lineup was opened, Rick Carlisle handed the focus of the ball-holding offense to Shaquille O'Neal.

At this time, Zach Randolph's shooting ability, which he had just practiced hard in the summer, was demonstrated.

If the Celtics double-teamed O'Neal, "The Big Shark" would immediately pass the ball to Randolph in the open space, or pass the ball to Randolph twice before passing it to Randolph.

If you don't double team...

That's the "eating party" of the "Great Shark"!
Whether it was Kevin Garnett or Perkins, they had to grit their teeth and hold on, and then were pushed away.

Rick Carlisle nodded slightly and smiled with satisfaction.

When he heard that the team had Shaquille O'Neal, God knows how he laughed.

This was the picture he had imagined when he smiled.

Now it has become a reality.

Rivers' "pig face" twisted together.

Even if he doesn't understand defense and only knows chicken soup for the soul, he knows... last season's method of chasing and blocking Suwan can work, but there is a prerequisite, that is, Zach Randolph under the Pacers' basket is restricted.

Suwan was isolated and helpless, and was surrounded and blocked, which was the fundamental reason why the Pacers lost the "Game 7".

But now, the team's original advantage in the interior has become a disadvantage, this...

Will chasing and intercepting Su Wan really work?

Even he could see the Celtics' crisis, let alone Thibodeau.

But he soon discovered that this Pacers team's restraint on the Boston Celtics was truly all-round.

The "multiple shooting points" style of play allowed the Celtics to adjust their defensive formations, making it impossible for them to use their most skilled "meat grinder" defense to consume the opponent's energy and slow down the pace of the game.

When they expanded their defensive formation, they immediately showed their huge lethality under the basket.

Shaquille O'Neal relies on his size, outstanding "1v1" ability at the basket, and the ball distribution ability brought by experience.

In addition, Zach Randolph relied on more stable shooting to contain the team on the side.

This caused the Celtics' strong point under the basket to become a weak point.

then……

It's substitute rotation time and O'Neal Jr. comes on the court.

He played at the power forward position in the starting lineup and, since he had just returned from an injury, his overall condition was still recovering. In addition, the power forward position was not a position he was more familiar with and he was still psychologically afraid of confrontation and injuries. The combination of various problems led to O'Neal's performance not being ideal.

But when O'Neal Jr. came on the bench, he was like the "God of Death", unstoppable.

The bench is often the biggest problem for teams with many giants.

All the salaries are spent on the "giants", which makes it difficult for the team's bench to have a capable enough guy to lead the substitute rotation.

Later, when the Heat formed the "peak Big Three", Spoelstra used the "Big Three" to lead the team separately to use up this time.

But there is a prerequisite for doing so:
The “Top Three” are all young guys, they enjoy eating, fall asleep as soon as they lie down, and are in great health!

Boston's Big Three are different. They are all over 30 years old. The youngest, Paul Pierce, is already 31 years old. He is still a "heavy tank at the third position" and his playing style consumes a lot of physical energy.

If this were the playoffs, it wouldn't be a big deal if we guys gritted our teeth and fought hard.

But now it is the regular season, if he really plays for 40 minutes, it will affect his condition for the next game.

The key is……

Even if one of Boston's "Big Three" is put on the court early, it may not necessarily narrow the score.

This is a complete dimensionality reduction attack from O'Neal Jr.!
Barkley said: "Jermaine adapted quickly. Obviously, he is now fully adapted to the position of the team's sixth man! He is likely to become the best sixth man of the year!"

If that were the case...

It is undoubtedly another beautiful story!
Now the news that O'Neal Jr. took the initiative to ask to play as a substitute has spread around the league.

When he is in bad shape, he actively seeks change, lowers his status, and then quickly completes the transformation and blooms his "second spring". Such a player is undoubtedly charming.

Just like Ginobili's transformation into the "sixth man", it did not affect his popularity at all, nor his title of "Demon Sword".

Despite the different positions, Jermaine O'Neal has clearly become the next "Demon Sword"!
"It seems like he has to prove himself too?" Kenny Smith thought of the doubts raised by major media about these Pacers players at the beginning of the season.

Now Zach Randolph's reputation is obviously improving, and O'Neal Jr. has also given his answer after the "serious injury", not to mention Shaquille O'Neal, who has become the tactical core of the Pacers on the offensive end.

And judging from his performance tonight against the Celtics, which was clearly more noticeable than usual, it is easy to imagine how he will perform when facing the Lakers, a team with a similar style to the Celtics.

As long as they win the championship, the saying "Shaquille O'Neal is nothing without Kobe" will completely disappear.

even……

If the Pacers win the championship by stepping on the Lakers, then the formula of Shaquille O'Neal plus Kobe is greater than Kobe plus O'Neal will be established. At that time, Shaquille O'Neal can also complete a wave of reputation counterattack.

The only one who is still proving himself may be Chauncey Billups.

He was a system player in the Pistons, and he is still a system player in the Pacers...

Of course, in the "Redemption City" promotional video, in addition to Billups, there is another protagonist, Gasol Jr., who has not yet proven himself. But he is only a first-year rookie, and he has plenty of time if he wants to prove himself. On the contrary, Billups has less and less time to prove himself.

But even so, there are enough players who have completed their "rebirth" on the Pacers.

"Su Wan's ability to make his teammates better is simply unbelievable!"

This is what Barkley wanted to say.

Kenny Smith had an "Okay, I knew it" look on his face.

The score difference on the field widened to more than 10 points, and Rivers then replaced Boston's "Big Three". However, at the same time they replaced the "Big Three", Rick Carlisle also replaced other main players except Shaquille O'Neal, leaving O'Neal Jr. on the court.

In this way, it became Zach Randolph holding the ball and attacking under the basket, while O'Neal Jr. helped to organize the formation.

However, although Zach Randolph was not as restrained as last season against Perkins, Kevin Garnett's help in defense still made him struggle on the offensive end.

Therefore, under this system, Randolph focuses on "surprise attack".

When the opponent has a "1v1" opportunity at the basket because the Pacers expanded their formation, he received the ball and completed a quick attack.

If the opponent shrinks its defense, the Pacers will continue to shoot from the outside, and Randolph will mainly grab rebounds under the basket and complete the "second offense."

This lineup will test the Pacers' outside shooting.

But there is no way. If Zach Randolph could really play like Shaquille O'Neal, the Pacers would not have lost last year.

Fortunately, the Pacers' outside shooting level has risen at least a level this year. With Suwan and Billups, there is really no backcourt combination in the league that can be more accurate than them.

Another "8-0" offensive.

At the end of the first half, the Celtics were trailing by almost 20 points.

Pierce doesn't want to poop now...

With such a big difference in the score, he was filled with nothing but frustration. How could he feel nervous at all?
They expected the Pacers to be tough this season, but they didn't expect them to lose so badly at the end of the first half.

Last year, the Boston Celtics fell in the finals. Some media believed that they could make a comeback next year, while others said that they had missed the best window to win the championship.

Now it seems……

Obviously that part of the media is more accurate.

They did miss the best window to win the championship.

However, despite being frustrated, the old guys were still able to adjust their mentality. With the help of Rivers, the "chicken soup master", the Celtics regained their momentum in the third quarter after some encouragement. In addition, the Pacers' shooting touch fluctuated, and they actually recovered some points in the third quarter.

At the end of the third quarter, they were only trailing by 10 points.

Unfortunately, when the game reached the fourth quarter, Suwan stood up and played "one inside and one outside" with Shaquille O'Neal, who had deliberately saved his energy until the fourth quarter, with a very typical "OK" style of play, and widened the score difference to more than 18 points again.

At the end of the game, the Pacers won with a score of 118 to 99, a 19-point difference and completed their revenge.

Su Wan played poorly in the final quarter, scoring only 13 points. He finished the game with 28 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, which was pretty good.

The Pacers' playing style in this game was very different from usual. In order to mobilize the Celtics' entire defense, the Pacers kept switching back and forth between outside shooting and strong attacks under the basket.

As for outside shooting, it is definitely not enough to rely solely on Billups and Anthony Parker.

Su Wan also needs to keep taking action.

In addition to leading the Pacers in personal offensive data, Suwan also had 3 steals and 1 block.

He was not very effective in defending Pierce tonight, but he did a good job in assisting defense. Two of his three steals were obtained by quick double-teaming in the interior.

Blocks also come from assisting defense in the interior.

After the game, reporters asked Su Wan if he had ever thought that the score difference in this game would be like this?

Su Wan said: "I believe in my teammates. We can do anything. So, no matter what the result is, I will not be surprised!"

Defeating the Celtics means a lot to the Pacers.

Of course, the same is true for the outside world.

After this game, the bookmaker immediately adjusted the Pacers' championship odds from 1 to 2.6 to 1 to 1.8.

It is worth mentioning that the Lakers' current odds of winning the championship are 1 to 1.6.

The Pacers' odds are now just 0.2 better than theirs.

After this game, the Celtics, which were originally 1 to 1.7, now have odds of 1 to 2.3.

Falling out of the first tier of championship contention.

This shows the impact of this game.

The Indiana media suddenly became confident and looked forward to defeating the Lakers in the "Christmas Game".

On the 18th, the team, who had just left Boston with a big win, headed to Oklahoma.

As before, the Starbucks owner sold the SuperSonics to Clay Bennett.

This guy was originally a small shareholder of the Spurs and had always had a dream of bringing an NBA team to Oklahoma. After failing to acquire the Spurs, he saw the opportunity to acquire the Supersonics, so he sold his possession of the Spurs and then successfully acquired the Supersonics.

Then, he moved the team to his hometown, Oklahoma, "the Iron Ridge of America", this summer on the grounds that Seattle refused to build a new stadium for the team, and officially changed the name to the Thunder.

This caused some controversy.

Many Seattle stars were dissatisfied with this, including "The Glove" Gary Payton.

Suwan didn't know whether Kevin Durant had expressed his dissatisfaction with this on a secondary account.

Because when Kevin Durant left the Thunder, he thought he was a rookie selected by the Supersonics and didn't want to have his jersey retired by the Thunder.

Of course, he wasn't the only one who said that.

After LeBron made his decision, he quickly distanced himself from Cleveland. He considered himself a "son of Akron" rather than a "son of Cleveland," and said that people in Cleveland often referred to them as "country bumpkins." However, even so, his success did not stop him from returning to play "hometown basketball."

Kevin Durant is more stubborn and still hasn't forgiven the Thunder.

He always hoped that Seattle could have a SuperSonics team again so that this "rootless" child could have a home.

However, that was after the Thunder lost hope of winning the championship.

Kevin Durant is still very loyal to the Thunder. After his rookie contract expired, he quickly reached a new contract extension with the Thunder. At one point he just wanted to be the "Thor" of the Thunder!
From this we can see that human nature is inherently good, but various experiences force people to change their minds and achieve the goals they want.

But because of different choices, the final reputation is also very different.

Give a very simple example.

Michael Jordan made his second comeback in his career and made quite a splash in his two seasons with the Wizards, but the team failed to make the playoffs for two consecutive years. However, this did not affect his status as the "God of Basketball" at all.

But if this happened to LeBron James... I just can't even imagine it!

This is also why LeBron faced more and more fierce doubts in the last years of his career.

As long as you are successful during your peak period, every choice you make is right. But once you are no longer at your peak, your past choices will become the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

Just like Suwan, if he left the Pacers this summer and went to another team.

There seems to be no problem at all now.

But after more than ten years, when he reached the end of his career, whenever he failed, there would inevitably be people who would bring up the past, saying that he had won three consecutive championships and ran away as soon as he lost, without caring about the life and death of the team at all.

But it is different now.

Suwan stayed, even if he didn't succeed and left in the end. If someone brings this up, someone will immediately refute: "Didn't he try? He signed a 3-year contract extension immediately after his contract expired, but the team really had no hope, so he left. He couldn't completely give up the opportunity to catch up with Michael Jordan and stay in Indiana forever, right?"

And once successful!
What Su Wan left in this city, even if he left, would only be good stories!

He saved a team's fate twice. If he doesn't have a bronze statue, the media and fans will not agree, and no player will be willing to work hard for this team in the future.

What Suwan hopes is that he will be like Michael Jordan, where even if he plays around in this league at the end of his career, it will not affect the greatness of his entire career.

Unlike LeBron, who is still walking on thin ice at the end of his career and has no style at all.

The SuperSonics changed their name to the Thunder. This is the only thing worth mentioning about this game. As for the rest...

Like all new teams in their first season, the Thunder's record was as bad as it could be, with 3 wins and 26 losses.

It's worse than the Pacers' record reversed.

The Pacers currently have a record of 25 wins and 4 losses.

But even so, there were still a lot of fans at the scene.

This is the first time this city has an NBA team, and the fans are very excited.

Especially since the big star Su Wan was also present in this game, the audience seats were almost packed.

Just 13 games into the new season, Carlesimo was fired and assistant coach Scott Brooks took over. The first thing he did after taking office was to adjust Kevin Durant to small forward.

This should be considered the highlight of Brooks' entire career.

It was this lineup change that allowed Kevin Durant to find his own development direction and become the most terrifying scorer in the NBA.

This has been revealed this season...

凯文-杜兰特场均25.3分6.5篮板2.8助攻，投篮命中率47.6%，三分球命中率42.2%，罚球命中率86.3%！

To be honest, this is almost the data that Nowitzki could produce at his peak.

Later, many fans said that the Thunder team spent three years with Kevin Durant before they got the "Thor"!
In fact, Kevin Durant's efficiency was already quite high in his second season.

And "double change of direction" is also under development.

The team's record is still not improving, which actually illustrates the characteristics of Kevin Durant's playing style.

If the fact that his team failed to make the playoffs in the first two years of his career proves that LeBron James cannot turn a team into a playoff team just by having an All-Star teammate; then Kevin Durant's scoring data soared, but did not improve the Thunder's record, which actually proves that he is more suitable to be a mercenary, taking on the responsibility of a "blaster" in a tactically mature team!

But any team that uses his scoring as its main offensive system will not be able to win the championship!
This can be seen from what happened after he left the Warriors and joined the Nets and Suns.

Of course, you can also attribute the Nets' defeat to injuries or his damn big feet.

But at the end of the day, Kevin Durant just staged another popular "almost turning the tide" plot, which is no different from his time with the Thunder.

Rick Carlisle made a change in the lineup for this game, putting O'Neal back at the three position.

The purpose is to use his height and wingspan to limit Kevin Durant.

The reason why "Xiao Shuai" moved from the No. 2 position to the No. 3 position is that his mobility was overestimated. His mobility is comparable to that of a small forward, but his speed is not as fast as that of a guard.

Playing the No. 2 position would make him look a bit clumsy.

And O'Neal's mobility is completely comparable to that of a small forward.

His height and wingspan also make Kevin Durant have no advantages.

This is just the first line of defense against Kevin Durant. Rick Carlisle also arranged for Suwan to provide backup defense, and various double-teams when he had the ball, forcing him to break through the inside with the ball, creating confrontations, etc., which directly confused Kevin Durant.

His athletic ability has improved as he gets older, but his problem in confrontation still exists. It is not obvious when he is facing normal small forwards, but now when he is facing O'Neal Jr., breaking through to the basket to face Zach Randolph, and Marc Gasol who replaced Shaquille O'Neal who was resting, his core problem of shaking at the slightest touch was immediately exposed.

At the end of the game, Kevin Durant made 18 of 5 shots and 5 of 3 free throws, scoring only 14 points.

Su Wan looked at him like this, and after the game he said to him: "If you continue to play like this, the Thunder boss will have to run away!"

These words are so heartbreaking.

In fact, he has been very concerned about this matter ever since Suwan told him last season that "the owner of the Supersonics will sell the team because of his poor performance" and the whole thing really came true.

Kevin Durant is a very sensitive person.

What's worse is that Su Wan said these "trash words" to him, which were heard by reporters on the sidelines and then reported.

Many fans are now making fun of Kevin Durant with this sentence.

Now hearing that he was stabbing him in the back again in this matter, Kevin Durant was very angry.

Thinking about how severely I was restricted tonight, I became even angrier.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Su Wan said again: "Kevin, you won't keep silent in front of me and go back to scold me with your trumpet, right?"

God knows what kind of storm was going on in Kevin Durant's heart when he heard these words. He almost staggered and fell.

No, how did he know this?

Could it be that my trumpet was exposed?

It shouldn’t be!

He actually did this, more than once...

Kevin Durant pretended nothing had happened, but he didn't dare to look Su Wan in the eye. He pretended nothing had happened and left in a hurry.

After the game, Su Wan accepted interviews as usual.

What surprised him was that a reporter from Oklahoma City came to ask Su Wan: "What heights do you think Kevin can reach in the future?"

Previously, Su Wan suddenly commented that Derrick Rose would become the second youngest regular season MVP after him. This news caused a lot of heated discussion and made Windy City fans look forward to Derrick Rose's growth even more.

The media in Oklahoma City were envious, and they all wanted to know what Suwan thought of Kevin Durant.

The city sees him as the future of the franchise.

Su Wan said: "He will be a scoring champion-level scorer. Of course, he may also become the regular season MVP, but he needs help!"

When they heard Su Wan say this, the Oklahoma City media couldn't help but take a breath.

They didn't expect that in Su Wan's eyes, Kevin Durant could also become the regular season MVP!

"Well, what about Russell? What level can he reach?" another Oklahoma City media reporter asked.

In fact, when this city first learned that the team chose Westbrook, they were very confused.

Although Westbrook was born in UCLA, he is just a substitute player and his draft prospects are not that bright.

But judging from his performance on the court so far this season, he seems to be a rough diamond.

He now averages 15.3 points, 4.9 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game. If we put aside his 39.8% shooting percentage and 27.1% three-point shooting percentage, his statistics are still very eye-catching.

"Can he...be an All-Star?"

Su Wan shook his head.

This made the reporters in Oklahoma City feel depressed. Is that not possible?
Although Suwan's words were just for fun, the Oklahoma City media still felt very disappointed when they saw him shaking his head.

Unexpectedly, Su Wan spoke up at this time: "Not only an All-Star, if the opportunity is right, he will also be a regular season MVP-level player!"

Now the Oklahoma media were all confused.

Will he also be the regular season MVP?

Is this true or false?

When did Su Wan become so nice in speaking?

"Well, what about Jeff Green?"

Jeff Green, like Kevin Durant, was also the fifth overall pick in the 07 draft. After being selected by the Celtics, he was sent to the SuperSonics in the Ray Allen trade, and together with Kevin Durant, he became the hope for the team's revival.

In fact, one of the "Thunder Big Three" at the beginning was Jeff Green.

Su Wan replied: "If you ask again, I will charge you one million each!"

The next day, Su Wan's words successfully became the headlines of media discussion.

Some media people believe that Su Wan is changing his image, wanting the media to forget his previous flamboyant image and reshape the image of a "good guy". Therefore, he picked out a few young people and said good things about them to make the media in the cities where these newcomers are located grateful to him.

But this argument was quickly refuted.

On the 20th, the Pacers continued their away game to challenge the Memphis Grizzlies.

Before the game started, a Memphis reporter couldn't wait to ask Suwan: "What kind of player do you think OJ Mayo can become?"

As a result, Su Wan said: "You should be very clear about China's CBA league now, right?"

The reporter nodded. It was once a new "overseas gold mine" for NBA scouts, but facts have proved that only Yao Ming and Su Wan came out of there, and the subsequent Finals MVPs were worse than the last.

Although Yi Jianlian has good physical fitness, he has too many minor problems. It is already his limit for him to be the main player of a team. He even needs to go to a team with patient management, otherwise he might be sold at any time.

And now in the Hawks, he is being suppressed by the "fake" Marvin Williams.

Memphis reporters didn't know why Su Wan suddenly mentioned China's CBA.

Su Wan said: "He should become a famous star in the CBA!"

As soon as these words came out, reporters from other media nearby burst out laughing.

You have to know that the entire Memphis team regards Mayo as a rookie of the "Joe up and Kobe down" level, and has been promoting him hard.

But when it came to Su Wan, he was a player who couldn't make it in the NBA in the future...

Now, the media, which were originally skeptical, are convinced that Su Wan has his own set of criteria for judgment.

I just don’t know what the standard will be.

Because as it stands now, OJ Mayo's rookie season statistics are still good. His average of 18.5 points per game is even better than Derrick Rose. He has the highest average score among the "08 generation" and is also the favorite for this year's "Best Rookie".

No matter how you look at it, she should be a "star of hope".

Suwan added: "If Jerry West is still the general manager of this team, I don't think he will choose OJ Mayo! Just like he won't send Pau Gasol to the Lakers!"

Soon Mayo also knew Su Wan's evaluation of him.

"You will never surpass Michael Jordan. No, you are not even as good as Kobe Bryant. No, three consecutive championships will be your last glory... Su Wan, you are nothing!"

Look how childish he is.

He didn't even think about how to talk trash, but just came up to provoke me and ended up getting himself angry.

But this also successfully enabled Suwan to start the "The Zone" mode, successfully scoring the first "50 plus" of the season, and limiting Mayo to only 3 points. He suddenly realized that this was a good way to "get rich".

Since no one dares to talk trash to him now, and the way to actively turn on "The zone" mode is now limited to a strong belief in winning when the score is behind, Su Wan needs to find another way to "get rich".

Now it seems that he has found it!
Of course, for ordinary rookies, no one would be angry with him even if Su Wan said he couldn't make it in the NBA. They would have to find someone with a bad temper like OJ Mayo!
On December 12, the "Christmas Battle" between the Pacers and the Lakers is coming.

The media had been warming up for this game since early December, but a week before the game, Yao Ming accidentally sprained his ankle during the game, causing him to miss this "Christmas game."

Facing the Lakers, whose strength had declined significantly, the Pacers won the game without much effort.

109 to 91, a big win of 18 points!
Shaquille O'Neal said excitedly after the game: "The next time I come back here, it will be the time to beat the Lakers and hold the championship trophy!"

This caused crazy boos from the scene, and some Lakers fans even shouted at him: "You are nothing without Kobe, we have forgotten you, Shaq!"

But this time Shaq didn't get angry anymore. Instead, he directly replied: "You will remember me soon, but this time I will be your nightmare!"

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